Patents by Inventor Dana A. Bowers

Dana A. Bowers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240078493
    Abstract: A vendor monitoring system includes: a vendor monitoring portal identifying at least one vendor of interest; at least one data partner portal communicatively coupled to the vendor monitoring portal and controlled by a third party data partner, the data partner portal providing at least one risk rating to the vendor monitoring portal, risk rating associated with the vendor of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Patent number: 11907959
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, for preparation of associated risk assessment reports or vendor oversight reports, and for maintenance of a plurality of risk assessment reports or oversight reports associated with a plurality of vendors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Venminder, Inc.
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20230306368
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for vetting, approving and/or declining vendors and/or their products or services for financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20230222517
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, for preparation of associated risk assessment reports or vendor oversight reports, and for maintenance of a plurality of risk assessment reports or oversight reports associated with a plurality of vendors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Patent number: 11615429
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, for preparation of associated risk assessment reports or vendor oversight reports, and for maintenance of a plurality of risk assessment reports or oversight reports associated with a plurality of vendors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Venminder, Inc.
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20220067661
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing advanced workflows with one or more vendors and/or their products or services for financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20220012750
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing data exchange with one or more vendors and/or their products or services for financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20210406914
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing issues with one or more vendors and/or their products or services for financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20210224824
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, for preparation of associated risk assessment reports or vendor oversight reports, and for maintenance of a plurality of risk assessment reports or oversight reports associated with a plurality of vendors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20210012355
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for vetting, approving and/or declining vendors and/or their products or services for financial institutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20200357087
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for setting up, recording, remediating, and managing Service Level Agreements (SLA) between a financial institution, and one or more vendors providing services and/or other products to the financial institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20200143301
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, for preparation of associated risk assessment reports or vendor oversight reports, and for maintenance of a plurality of risk assessment reports or oversight reports associated with a plurality of vendors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20190287158
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing contracts between a financial institution and its vendors, assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, and for managing related services provided to a financial institution by a service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Dana A. Bowers
  • Publication number: 20180129989
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for assessing risk associated with a vendor providing services and/or other products to a financial institution, for preparation of associated risk assessment reports or vendor oversight reports, and for maintenance of a plurality of risk assessment reports or oversight reports associated with a plurality of vendors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Dana Bowers
  • Publication number: 20170053329
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing contracts between a financial institution and its vendors, for preparation of associated vendor oversight reports, and for securing subscriptions for a financial institution/vendor relationship management system. In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method for providing centralized management of vendor questionnaires. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for managing contracts between a financial institution and its vendors. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a financial institution/vendor relationship management system for managing contracts between a financial institution and its vendors and for preparation of associated vendor oversight reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Dana Bowers
  • Publication number: 20160321744
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing contracts between a financial institution and its vendors, for preparation of associated vendor oversight reports, and for securing subscriptions for a financial institution/vendor relationship management system. In certain embodiments, the system provides a guided workflow-driven process for building a complete report for auditors and examiners. In certain embodiments, the system encourages subscriptions from financial institutions for a financial institution/vendor relationship management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Dana Bowers
  • Publication number: 20140288997
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented herein for managing contracts between a financial institution and its vendors, for preparation of associated vendor oversight reports, and for securing subscriptions for a financial institution/vendor relationship management system. In certain embodiments, the system provides a guided workflow-driven process for building a complete report for auditors and examiners. In certain embodiments, the system encourages subscriptions from financial institutions for a financial institution/vendor relationship management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Digital Comply, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelli Schultz, Dana Bowers
  • Patent number: 6233073
    Abstract: Disclosed are a subsystem and a method for diagnosing a fiber optic network, the fiber optic network comprising a fiber having an optic stream adhering to a defined protocol of the fiber optic network, and comprising a target for receiving and responding to the optic stream. The diagnosis comprises receiving the fiber optic stream and converting the fiber optic stream to an electrical input stream with a FOSA (fiber optic subassembly), and recognizing, from the electrical input stream, a selected event (e.g., frame or command) related to the optic stream defined protocol. Then, in response to the recognition of the selected event, recognizing a selected pattern of the electrical input stream, e.g., employing mask logic, and injecting, in response to the recognition of the selected pattern, a transmission error into the optic stream, and transmitting the optic stream with the injected transmission error to the target, employing a FOSA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Dana Bowers, Donald Eugene Denning, Robert George Emberty, Craig Anthony Klein